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Teachers insist on insurance, reject contract proposal By Alicia Gano Of I hr Kmrrrld School Board Chairman lack Billings said ho is encouraged by the Eugene Education Association’s willingness to consider a new district in surance compromise. despite its ultimate rejection of it Tuesday. Superintendent Margaret Nichols also commented on a recent Eugene CChamber of (Com merce opinion poll on the strike that indicated there is higher community support for the hoard than for the EE A. The district's proposed com promise would maintain cur rent insurance benefits to teachers during the 10H7-8H School year with a $500.()()() one-time contribution from tbe district. Eater, district and Serving tor lunch Special Malaysian Hot Dish Laksa $350 CHINA BLUE , Ki-st.iur.int H7‘l E. 13th. 343-2832 Si w in tin- I I) Rook\toiv. upil.nr\ associat ion representatives would form a committee to redesign an insurance program for 1988*89. The plan also proposes the KEA and district share equally the risk of excess insurance costs or potential savings to the district in 1988-89. Despite the association’s re jection. Billings said the district and EEA did agree on maintain ing Irenefit levels and the need for further discussion on capp ing insurance costs. The district hoped this pro posal would act as a “safety valve” to get the insurance issue “off the table,” Billings said. The formation of a com mittee to redesign the program is a way to give everyone time to make some reasonable choices without the pressure of a strike, he said. EEA member Andy Got tesman said the association is unwilling to accept the cap on insurance spending at this time, but it is willing to keep negotiating. Gottesman also voiced con cern that the district is close to making a “last offer” to teachers. A last offer is tin; district’s equivalent to teachers going on strike, he said, which means the district breaks off negotiations and offers any teachers that will come back a job those that don't accept will lose their jobs to replace ment teachers. Teachers are being encourag ed by the EEA to reject any such proposal. Gottesman said This type of “union busting" would be to the detriment of everyone, he said. All teachers would benefit most by sticking together in this situation, he added. If the district does not get enough replacement teachers, it will have to come back to the association and reopen negotia tions, Gottesman said. If some teachers go back to work while others remain on strike, tin; position of the union is under mined. he said. Dean Baker, a staff assistant for community relations at the school district, said no one in the district wants this to hap pen. The district wants its regular teachers to come back, he said. Nichols told reporters she found the Kugene Chamber of Commerce opinion poll “interesting," pointing out the survey showed 43.3 percent of the community supported the board while 29.3 percent favored the association. She also noted that fit* percent of Kugene taxpayers would not be willing to increase their proper ty taxes to meet teacher's demands. This concurs with the district's view that Kugene residents are not willing to in crease their property taxes for school support at this time, she said. "The most important thing is the reaffirmation of the impor tance of being responsible good stewards with the tax pavers' money." Nichols said. Oregon State University invites YOU ...to discuss The Master of Business Program All Majors Invited! Friday, April 24, 1987 DROP IN AND VISIT at the EMU Lobby, 9 am - 3 pm It you seek a 4-term program, opened to qualified students, with entry possible am term, explore the possibilities ot tered by the MASTER OF BUSINESS PROGRAM at Oregon State l niversity, Corvallis, Oregon SEE US TO DISCUSS YOUR I I I I RE Chamber of Commerce Survey 1. As a personal opinion, which position do you tend to support at present, the teachers or the school board? Teachers School Board Don't Know No Opinion Male Female Total 30.9% 28.0% 29.3% 45.1% 41.8% 43.3% 24.0% 30.2% 27.5% 2. Do you support the teacher's or the School Board's position on the issue of health care benefits? Teachers School Board Don't Know No Opinion Male Female Total 28.6% 27.1% 27.8% 47.4% 46.2% 46.8% 24.0% 26.7% 25.5% 'Make a stink' about excesses, renowned peace activist says By Deborah lanes Of Ihr Knirrald Dr. Benjamin Spock took a break from his civil disobe dience activities Tuesday night to encourage a University au dience to "fight against the in sanity of possible nuclear annihilation." In his fiery presentation, he warned against relying on politicians to create change because "they have all thrown away their judgment,” and to instead "make* a stink." Open 24 Hours kinko's Great copies Great people 860 E. 13th 344-7894 Sppck. 83, has spent the past 20 years as a rabble-rouser, rail ing against tlie nuclear arms race. He has been arrested 12 times, most recently in January for climbing over a fence at ('ape Canaveral. Fla., to protest testing for the Strategic Defense initiative, also known as Star Wars. Spock is best known for his work as a pediatrician and as tlie author of “Baby and Child (-are." which sold 2H million copies and revolutionized the art of parenting. As keynote speaker for Faith Week, he spoke about the "ex cesses" that have led to the disintegration of society. "We are disintegrating from the in side because we put everything in money terms,” in? said. Americans have lost their spiritual base are losing their faith in religion, the family and the nation, Spock said "We are a believing species; we need to believe in something a little big ger than ourselves,” he said. Turn to Spock, Page 5A YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM REEVALUATING CLASSIC PARADIGMS wht*ri» loading sc holars examine major < hanges caused by feminist challenges to c lassical literature, soc ial science, and philosophy sponsored by THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY at the UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Gerlinger Lounge April 23, 1987 9:30 to 5:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:10 2: to 4:00 Page DuBois, University of California, San Diego, Feminist Rethinking ot Greek Classics. Marv-kay Camel, University of California, Santa ( ruz, I his Day We Road Further: Why Feminist Interpretation is Necessar\. I uni h break. Judith Stacey, University of California, Davis, ( an I here* lit* A feminist Ethnography? \aomi Scheman, University of Minnesota, The I ngendering oi Philosophical Problems. Panel disc ussion with the above speakers.
